http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph
"The term phonograph ("sound writer") is derived from the Greek words φ=
;ωνή (meaning "sound" or "voice" and transliterated as phon=
=E9) and γραφή (meaning "writing" and transliterat=
ed as graph=E9). Similar related terms gramophone and graphophone have simi=
lar root meanings. The coinage, particularly the use of the -graph root, ma=
y have been influenced by the then-existing words phonographic and phonogra=
phy, which referred to a system of phonetic shorthand; in 1852 The New York=
Times carried an advertisement for "Professor Webster's phonographic class=
", and in 1859 the New York State Teachers' Association tabled a motion to =
"employ a phonographic recorder" to record its meetings."
I prefer the term "Voicenboxen" which if I recall correctly may of been fro=
m one of the old Laurel and Hardy classics, - they could of been referring =
to the radio also...
I wonder what the term would be for a Field Recorder? :)
Kind Regards,
-Mike.
--- In Bernie Krause <> wrote:
>
> A geograph was a map, before "maps", that is. (Hence, geography)
> A sonograph is a graphic display of sound. (Here, the language is
> precise)
> Graphs, from whatever source, primarily expressed a visual context.
>
> I never understood the combination prefix/suffix of phono + graph
> since, as Murray
> Schafer once wrote, "Je n'ai jamais vu un son." ("I have never seen a =
> sound.")
> So the unlikely expression, "phonography," is even more obscure and
> contradictory.
>
> Bernie
>
>
>
> On Mar 27, 2009, at 4:25 PM, escalation746 wrote:
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> > Lou Judson wrote:
> >
> > > Curiosity about "Phonography" as a term.
> >
> > I think it's an odd term myself. I always think of "phonograph"
> > which makes me think it's something related to either turntablism or =
> > musique concrete!
> >
> > -- robin
> >
> >
> >
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